r/facepalm • u/Loud-Ad-2280 • 6d ago

Yeah they probably should have been charged with treason not just obstruction 🇵​🇷​🇴​🇹​🇪​🇸​🇹​

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u/Chaosrealm69 6d ago edited 6d ago

They caused the session of Congress to be disrupted by their attack on the building, requiring Congress members to leave to safer locations, and the Supreme Court says that charging them with obstruction of an official proceeding is wrong?

But because the SCOTUS narrowly looked at the law used, and thought it was specifically meant to charge for destruction of evidence alone, they decided that it didn't apply to the Jan 6th insurrectionists.

Edit: missed the last part of the thought I was posting.

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u/DelirousDoc 6d ago

Ignore the fact several Justices have shown support for the cause of January 6th and one Justice's wife literally helped organize it.

I am sure they were able to be impartial and weigh the facts without bias...

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u/I_Frothingslosh 6d ago

The decision would have been the same even had Thomas and Alito recused themselves, because it was the usual 6-3.